Would you see an R rated GI.Joe movie?

[delta]

O.K. I know why they won't make an R rated GI.Joe movie. It's always been for kids, and is an on going toy line. A toy line that would still like to have a future selling toys to kids. Fair enough.

However some of the movies we loved as kids had some really adult themes.
For example the Ghostbusters. The Ghostbusters had a cartoon, and toy line. I had a ghostbusters lunch box, sleeping bag, "happy meal" toy. The list goes on. All this was after the Ghostbusters Movie had them cussing like sailors, Smoking, doing straight shots of whisky, having sexual fantasies ect... This was a movie that was rated PG.

What about all the R rated movies we loved as kids? Rambo (toy line/cartoon), Commando (toys), Robo Cop (toy line/cartoon), Predator (toys), Alien (toys), Nightmare on Elm st (toys), Terminator(toys)
At least you could do that kind of stuff in the 80's, and early 90's. I know things have changed. I just think that we all grew up, why not let the Joes?

Would you like to see a rated R GI.Joe movie?

[cornbot]

u better believe it

[CobraVirus]

As long as it meets some "R" requirements: nudity and F-Bombs...

[Crimson Rage]

I grew up with all those "R-rated" action movies in the 80's (although they were '18 certificate' to me) and loved 'em all - Red Heat, Raw Deal, The Exterminator... they're just so afraid to make movies like that now.

Having said that, I don't think slow-mo blood gushing squib hits would be right for Joe. I'm sure people will die in the movie, but I expect it to be 'clean'. Although Sommer's 'The Mummy' had some grisly deaths, they were still strangely clinical.

[Amberbratt]

why go R when you can go "X"

I am sure the PoRn industry will have a take on it.

lol


now THAT will interesting.

[Roadblock Recall]

If Baroness looks anything like the Battle Damage custom..my answer would definately be a YES!

[Animal Mother]

No. I'd be highly offended by the lack of parachuting and laser rifles ;-)

[Crimson Rage]

No R-rating, but no "A-Team" action either! No jeeps doing a flip with the dummys inside clearly being mangled, and then cutting to the real driver staggering away 'slightly dazed'.

Although I hasten to add that I love the A-Team! Another great 80's creation.

[MachineGunEtiquette]

I know its kind of far-fetched, but I would love to see this movie with realistic violence. If people get shot, they bleed.....a lot. I just hope its not as trashtastic as the Transformers movie.....or as corny as the Mummy movies...or Van Helsing.
I am hoping for the best and preparing for the worst with this. At least we get a pretty decent looking Snake Eyes out of it.

[RolandofGilead]

Erm, I'd definitely see it, but you're missing the intended audience by a longshot here. It doesn't matter that the original Joe vs Cobra fans are all old men like me. We're not really the toy audience no matter how much we think of ourselves. GI Joe belongs to children.

[G.I. Smurf]

yep, im waiting for the idic one which has a nude scene. but its been so damn long i dont think its coming out.

[morgana08]

I probably would. Ratings don't mean much too me except for who I take with me. I mean I watched Street Fighter so any Joe movie has to be better.

[karamazov80]

I would see it as soon as I would see a PG Joe movie. . .but if I had to choose, I would choose PG. I wish that the movie would have laser rifles and soldiers that couldn't hit the broad side of a barn rather than the more "realistic" Joe-verse that I'm sure they will try to create, with real bullets, real death ("Duke is gonna make it!! Yeah!!"), and whatnot.

[Gung.Heaux]

id see it if it were "G"....im guessing id probably not like it, but i would support any rated joe movie.

[delta]

I would see it as soon as I would see a PG Joe movie. . .but if I had to choose, I would choose PG. I wish that the movie would have laser rifles and soldiers that couldn't hit the broad side of a barn rather than the more "realistic" Joe-verse that I'm sure they will try to create, with real bullets, real death ("Duke is gonna make it!! Yeah!!"), and whatnot.
If they must do a PG or PG-13 movie I'd like it to be very silly, and Point out some of those things you mentioned. More like a Life Aquatic was like this http://youtube.com/watch?v=xbSghPrDyj0&feature=related

[Lo-Wan Bing]

I wouldn't see it at the movies (my son would be too excited to see it and i wouldn't want to see it without him) But I would buy the DVD and if it's not too scary (it is sci-fi after all) or bloody, then we would watch it together.

[Lt. Faceless]

It would be cool and at the same time,it wouldn't.I remember seeing the first Ninja Turtles movie,Raph cusses,the turtles beating the shit our of the foot.Casey just being a badass.Parents screamed foul and we got the craptastic TMNT 2(guest starring Vanilla Ice.)

[VIPER 48]

Sure, why not...

[protoxero]

hell yes but expect the move to be PG 13

transformers was and kids / adults went to that in droves

cobra!!

[gunslingercbr]

damn right I'd watch it, but it really isn't the best manner to bring to life what are some pretty far fetch concepts. they just don't work in a "gritty," or "real" sense and attempting to portray them as would actually magnify how silly they are. I mean, c'mon, Snake Eyes' family dies so he finds his life purpose in becoming a ninja. that's just silly, and try to do it with any sort of seriousness, and you will have people laughing their way out of the theater.

[delta]

I mean, c'mon, Snake Eyes' family dies so he finds his life purpose in becoming a ninja. that's just silly LMAO!!
O.K. so a few things would need to be "tweaked"

[Cavbeast]

I'd say an r-rated snake eyes movie bringing storm shadow back to the joe team, or the snake-eyes/firefly cobra island story where he takes on the red ninja clan, brainwashed slice and dice.

[xhairs]

I grew up with all those "R-rated" action movies in the 80's (although they were '18 certificate' to me) and loved 'em all - Red Heat, Raw Deal, The Exterminator... they're just so afraid to make movies like that now.

Having said that, I don't think slow-mo blood gushing squib hits would be right for Joe. I'm sure people will die in the movie, but I expect it to be 'clean'. Although Sommer's 'The Mummy' had some grisly deaths, they were still strangely clinical.

man i hear you. the 80s rocked for action movies . i would love to see it R rated . with not S6 suits.

[minstrelboy]

I don't see why this is a question. Who cares what it's rated? The problem with movies (and has been for years) is they're all too formulaic. Instead of wanting to see something that's already been done to death, ad nauseum, why aren't there more directors and studios who are willing to go out of their way to make movie- goers squirm?

Well, we all know why - those movies don't make millions.

But anybody who has seen, and can appreciate, movies like Pan's Labyrinth, Children Of Men, 28 Days Later and Band Of Brothers, or even classics like Blade Runner, The Birds, Night Of The Living Dead or King Kong, can appreciate a movie that doesn't just shock you with loud, in-your-face gruesomeness, or play with your emotions by having the musical score swell at the right moment, when there are far more subtle ways to get into someone's head and unsettle them - or make them think.

Cartoon-ish violence can be interesting, if dealt with in an interesting way. Like Sin City. Violent, but the way it was dealt out was in such a new and refreshing way that you were more concerned with how it was being done, as opposed to that it was being done. Blockbuster box office generic violence really disinterest me. Having been in the military and gone to Iraq, and even before I did all of that, realistic violence in a realistic military movie was (and still is) an extremely important thing to me. For God's sake - when a grenade explodes, it doesn't do so in a great big fireball!! It kicks up some dirt and throws some sparks around, but that's it. Bullets don't send people flying through the air backwards. And although they can, the odds are against them igniting a car's gas tank. Bullets are typically lead. Fuel tanks are made of an equally non-sparking metal. It was debunked on Mythbusters - but I still see it in new movies.

And as for sex - if that's what you want to see in a movie, go rent or download porn. A movie typically has 2 hours to tell a story, and I don't need any romance of "love-making" thrown into it. Gratuitous nudity? No thanks. There's a whole world wide web of it out there, when I'm in the mood. If I'm spending $8, or whatever the hell the price of a movie costs these days, I want to be intrigued, entertained and provoked.

God - I know this movie is going to be a huge disappointment. Although I was pleasantly surprised by the Transformers movie. If only they'd have left out the whole romantic subplot. Save it for the ladies - or the ones who like that stuff. My girlfriend specifically avoids all movies with romance in them.

[gdztoyz]

An R-Rated GI Joe flick? Oh I'd be all over that, but I'd be satisfied with a "hard" PG-13. "Casino Royale" and "Live Free or Die Hard", showed you can have some hard-hitting action, and not have the R-rating.

[G.I.Eddie]

i can't think of anything cooler

[Commando]

An R-Rated GI Joe flick? Oh I'd be all over that, but I'd be satisfied with a "hard" PG-13. "Casino Royale" and "Live Free or Die Hard", showed you can have some hard-hitting action, and not have the R-rating.

Good call on those movies they were great without being R, but I would love an R rated Joe movie.

[vadersquest]

Sure I would love an R rated Joe movie but I know it will never happen.

[Saboteur]

I would prefer it R-rated..Is the movie not R-rated??
Saboteur

[minstrelboy]

An R-rating will prevent a movie from making as much money in the box office - that's why there aren't as many nowadays.

[delta]

An R-rating will prevent a movie from making as much money in the box office - that's why there aren't as many nowadays.
You can make 10, or 20 Million more from a PG-13 movie now a days. Thats the only reason they do alll these PG-13 movies.

In the 80's things like Friday the 13th, and Terminator made a killing. They play it too safe now a days.

[JR0d28]

Why Not? After all anyone who would see this movie would likely be over 17 yrs of age right?

[G.I. Smurf]

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=rTIQVdxmyEI&feature=related

ididc fan movie. good action.

[delta]

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=rTIQVdxmyEI&feature=related

ididc fan movie. good action.

this one looks better http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=_ohFLSFGr5I&NR=1

[gunslingercbr]

wow, I'd rather get accelerator suits times 100 over anything in either of those two videos. I feel like G.I. Joe needs to be washed and cleansed with battery acid after being intimated at in those atrocities.

[BOMBSHELLMIKE]

wow, I'd rather get accelerator suits times 100 over anything in either of those two videos. I feel like G.I. Joe needs to be washed and cleansed with battery acid after being intimated at in those atrocities.

Hey they re-did the HULK in less than 5 years dude!

[delta]

wow, I'd rather get accelerator suits times 100 over anything in either of those two videos. I feel like G.I. Joe needs to be washed and cleansed with battery acid after being intimated at in those atrocities.
LMAO. mine at least was a joke

[Dropshot]

I'd sure like to see the Gi Joe as realistic as possible. But honestly, the whole Gi Joe mythology isbased on unrealistic stuff, and the direction the movie is going is growing on me, but honestly, I still think I will be rolling my eyes when I watch the movie.

[rikkuluverx2]

yes.

"Rated R - For revenge."
for anyone who dosent listen to my chemical romance wouldnt get that.

but all together, id watch a rated R gi joe movie :)

-rikkuluverx2

[Amberbratt]

I would prefer it R-rated..Is the movie not R-rated??
Saboteur

Sab, you should change your tag line....


"Trespassers will be shot 'Survivors will be kicked in the head several times, until they become unconscious and possibly suffer permanent mental damage' then we will set you on fire :)

lol

[Reznor]

Id love to see a Battlestar Galactica (new) style GI Joe.

People mention about GI Joe would come off as too sci-fi-y to make realistic, I call bollocks, look st Battlestar, the show is nothing but screaming Sci Fi, but done incredibly realistic, and the reason why is because its character driven, and all the sci-fi remains in the background for the most part.

Its all about making a believable atmosphere, something that may not happen in our reality, but something that could be made to believe it could happen in another.

[thomas76]

If Baroness looks anything like the Battle Damage custom..my answer would definately be a YES!

I 2nd that.

[Onslaught Six]

Why Not? After all anyone who would see this movie would likely be over 17 yrs of age right?

Do not make pointless assumptions such as this. I'm nineteen right now, but I've liked Joe since at least 2002, when I was thirteen. So, er, yeah, I'll go ahead and say No.

"Rated R - For revenge."
for anyone who dosent listen to my chemical romance wouldnt get that.

No one older than twelve should listen to My Chemical Romance.

[Wildfire]

It would not bother me either way. And after going to see 300 last years it must not bother the parents either because a lot of them left 10 year olds and younger in there. I guess what I am saying is if it has a proper reason and it enhance the movie, I would not want them skip on some major point to make be for the teens and children who parents will buy them the ticket anyway.

Now if its not necessary to story stick pg 13 format.

[Mtolen78]

You know, if the movie was R but still had the exact same story, and exact same cast, (most) everyone here would still be complaining. If you think over the top violence and few boobs and a couple of F bombs is going to make it better, then you are too easily pleased. A good story is a good story, no matter how you tell it...it remains to be seen if this is going to be a good story though.

[Imperial_Serpentor]

damn right I'd watch it, but it really isn't the best manner to bring to life what are some pretty far fetch concepts. they just don't work in a "gritty," or "real" sense and attempting to portray them as would actually magnify how silly they are. I mean, c'mon, Snake Eyes' family dies so he finds his life purpose in becoming a ninja. that's just silly, and try to do it with any sort of seriousness, and you will have people laughing their way out of the theater.


I disagree... when we have a very succesful movie about a person finding his new purpose in life after a series of personal set backs by becoming a Samurai. We have lots of other films (particularly in the 80s) about people finding meaning in the Martial Arts.

True the idea of true Ninja clans in the 21st century is kinda ridiculous... but it can be done in a way that will just seem to be a fantasy without being LOL-worthy.

[tuan_tran73]

I don't think Hasbro will push this to R rated movie. Historically, not too many R rated movies make a lot of money. For the fact that this movie is intended to all the ages(7 and above). I think we are looking at PG-13.

[Skyhawk]

Yes and no... Yes if it was made to reflect real war like Black Hawk Down or Saving Privet Ryan. As in you run out of bullets and people die.

No if it had lots a F-bombs and nudity. It never has and there is no reason for it.

[Headman]

I don't plan on seeing the one they're making now until it's on HBO or something. An R rating means nothing to me. Starship troopers had an R rating and it still sucked.

[TheBaroness]

Damn right I would!

[fierce krypton]

If scarlett got naked every single one of you people would be there!

[Steel]

Absolutely. And I would see it multiple times while making my friends see it with me as well.

[ironknife]

As long as it meets some "R" requirements: nudity and F-Bombs...

nice !!!!

[Knighthart]

I voted "no" only because its not what G.I. Joe is about.

I agree with RolandofGilead too. It would miss its target audience.

Do I want a good action movie with lots of guns? yeah!

I don't want to see parachutes and lasers in a movie either. That's why I think Resolute will totally work for me. I want the good violent action but with an "R" movie that means, Duke saying "holy F*#k" which isn't in his character. Also, "R" means lots of slow bullet hits with blood splattering all over the walls and lots of good head shots with chucks flying everywhere.

Why would I want to see this in a G.I. Joe movie? I can watch Shoot Em Up where it works better.

For a G.I. Joe movie to succeed both for kids and adults the PG-13 rating is just perfect. Allows lots of guns, even some violence yet curbs the gallons of blood.

[Flashbang]

R for violence. I don't really see nudity being a huge factor in a GI Joe movie or being necessary.

[03Mach1]

Absolutley not. GI Joe is about Joe vs. Cobra and it's unique characters that have been developed for almost 30 years. R rated material has no place in the Joe universe that I enjoy.

[delta]

R for violence. I don't really see nudity being a huge factor in a GI Joe movie or being necessary.

I agree, but try telling that to some of our members. Some dudes around here got T&A on the brain a lot of the time

[umanumanamo]

As long as it wasn't an R-rating just for "xtreme's sake." A war movie with intense, warlike situations would be fine. Blood and guts, death, language... none of it bothers me, but I still have to be able to believe these are my Joes in these situations.

[Flint5150]

Hell yeah! Just as long I see Sienna Miller in the nude.

[Bravestarr]

Heck, yes, I would.

Especially if there is a "John Matrix" or "John Rambo" conclusion to the film.

You know, the kind where it's Snake Eyes versus 100 terrorists, and he kills every single one of them.

Once the smoke clears, we see Snake Eyes emerge with his buddies (Rip Cord, Duke, Flash, etc...) who were being held captive.

The end could conclude with Scarlett and the other Joes showing up in various aircraft and tracked vehicles.

She then sees what has happened, and gives him a hug and kiss.

The final sequence would feature Cobra Commander, being thought dead, slithering onto a (Cobra vehicle of choice) and escaping.

[Golobulous]

um, definitely not see it if it were R rated. gi joe is more about reliving simpler times and my childhood to me. and i would not take my kids to an R rated movie and i plan on taking them to see gi joe

I could go see an R rated action film any time, but that is just not gi joe to me.